| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 29 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 28 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Southend United | 29 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 5 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | 29 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 28 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 28 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 29 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 29 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 28 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | Notts. County | 28 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Chester City | 28 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 29 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||